Example sentences of "to do [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 2 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 3 | Well , yes , but I wanted them to do me a list you see . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want you to do me a favour . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 6 | The first was to Duncan the Drunken in Barking who agreed to do me a weekend deal on a Transit in exchange for a loan of Armstrong . |
| 7 | He wants me I mean he wants to do me a favour , Paul , so he might gi he might , you know I mean he say for us , I mean for us he would |
| 8 | ‘ You write up the more interesting parts of what they say and leave out the dull bits to do them a favour — if you like them . |
| 9 | You are good at expressing yourself , which stands you in good stead if you want to ask someone to do you a favour . |
| 10 | Preston , I 'm going to do you a favour . ’ |
| 11 | No one from your past comes to mind who might want to do you a good turn ? ’ |
| 12 | To encourage the basically extrovert person to develop his praying in a way more suited to the introvert is to do him a disservice , and since many books on prayer are written by introverts we can quickly fall into this trap . |
| 13 | He got up , lifted her and carried her back to the bedroom despite her threats to do him a fatal injury if he did n't stop carting her about like a sack of old cabbages . |
| 14 | In the cafe she found Fosdyke nursing a malt whisky ( 'Kept for me specially by Carlo because I was once able to do him a favour' ) and the children occupied with a Space Invader machine for which he had advanced them hundred lire pieces . |
| 15 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 16 | Friendly , but then we are about to do him a big favour . |
| 17 | She had invaded his cranny to do him a favour . |
| 18 | He decided to do her a pastel sketch of himself having sex with Viola . |
| 19 | But just before he could get the words out , she begged him to do her a tremendous favour . |
| 20 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |
| 21 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 22 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 23 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 24 | To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice . |
| 25 | She would have liked to do it a further time , after luncheon , but Alexandra was adamant . |
| 26 | Batty used to do it a bit , but is more of a solid player and these days tends to calm things down . |
| 27 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 28 | The reaction from the other side of the table is different because you are a woman , they expect you to do it a different way . ’ |
| 29 | I think my , to do it a little bit harder |
| 30 | Head and shoulders , knees and toes , knees and toes , head and shoulders , knees and toes , knees and toes , and eyes and ears and mouth and nose , head and shoulders , knees and toes , me and he , I have to do it a little bit faster |